Goal and Philosophy

The idea is to have a portable way to read single characters and key-strokes.

Documentation

Installation

pip install readchar

The readchar library is compatible with python 2.6, 2.7, 3.2 and 3.3.

Usage

Usage example:

importreadcharc=readchar.readchar()key=readchar.readkey()

API

There are just two methods:

readchar()

Reads the next char from stdin, returning it as a string with length 1.

readkey()

Reads the next key-stroke from stdin, returning it as an string.

A key-stroke can have:

1 character for normal keys: ‘a’, ‘z’, ‘9’…

2 characters for combinations with ALT: ALT+A, …

3 characters for cursors: ->, <-, …

4 characters for combinations with CTRL and ALT: CTRL+ALT+SUPR, …

There is a list of previously captured chars with their names in readchar.key, in order to be used in comparations and so on. This list is not enough tested and it can have mistakes, so use it carefully. Please, report them if found.

SO Support

Sadly, this library has only being probed in GNU/Linux. Please, if you can try it in another SO and find a bug, put an issue or send the pull-request.